Jerry Jones calls it a ‘shocker’ for Cowboys to not be playing in Super Bowl 59

When will we see the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl?

It’s been 30 years since the Dallas Cowboys played in a Super Bowl. Rewind to 1995 and the Cowboys defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 to secure their fifth Super Bowl title. While many, including the club’s outspoken owner, Jerry Jones thought the train would continue for several years following the win, it’s been three decades (and counting) for Dallas’ return to the big game.

The Cowboys missed the playoffs and went a mediocre 7-10 this season after injuries to several key players including Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and the aforementioned Parsons. The injuries and lack of success from the replacement players is something that shocked Jones, who believed he put the team in a position to be playing in Super Bowl LIX rather than watching with the rest of us.

When it comes to next season for the Cowboys, it appears as if the club is at a crossroads with one of their franchise players. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Jones and co. are still deciding on if they will give Parsons a massive contract extension or if they’d rather trade their 2021 first-round pick for what Rapoport is calling a ‘king’s ransom.’

“Normally open with his opinions, the Cowboys’ 25-year-old superstar hasn’t said much of anything about the team’s promotion of Brian Schottenheimer after a surprise parting of ways with head coach Mike McCarthy — a move Parsons called ‘devastating.’ While there have been no trade talks, sources say there have at least been some internal discussions about whether to pay Parsons or trade him for a king’s ransom. If the Cowboys are willing to listen, they may get it. Cowboys COO Stephen Jones told NFL.com in December that the team will study the wisdom of having so much money invested in so few players, but added: ‘I can’t imagine there’s a scenario where he’s not wearing a star on his helmet.’ Parsons is due about $24 million on the fifth-year option year on his rookie contract in 2025.”

While rumors are swirling about Parsons’ murky future in Dallas, it appears the player wants to remain in ‘Big D’ for the remainder of his career, as he told Green Bay Packers’ star quarterback, Jordan Love, when the latter tried to recruit Parsons to Wisconsin.

“Listen, I’m in one of those Druski 360 deals, ya feel me?” Parsons told Love. “I’m a for-lifer, I can’t go nowhere, me and Jerry Jones, we done talked, that’s my dog.”

Parsons, while wanting to remain with the Cowboys for the foreseeable future, admitted that if he doesn’t have a Super Bowl ring by the time he turns 30-years-old, he may take a look at the Kansas City Chiefs, who are 60-minutes of football away from securing their third-straight Super Bowl championship.

“In the next four of five years once I hit that 30 and I’m not where I need to be, if that ring is not right here and fitted…” Parsons said while doing the Chiefs’ famous tomahawk celebration.